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Which gets you wetter - standing or running in rain?

Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:02 pm
Posted by Shexter
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:02 pm
Meauxjeaux Gas mileage spin-off - Does more rain hit you if you're standing still, or running in the rain? Same amount of time in the rain.
This post was edited on 2/16/15 at 10:06 pm
Posted by Croacka
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:03 pm to
Running and it's not even close
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:03 pm to
Dis feels like a trap
Posted by madamsquirrel
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:04 pm to
Cunnilingus. Wait what?
Posted by Cecil D Diesel
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:04 pm to
I suppose it matters what you are running to
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:04 pm to
quote:

Which gets you wetter


Ask jmcs
Posted by PapaPogey
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:04 pm to
pretty sure mythbusters had a segment on this. I dont recall the outcome, but I would think it depends on a few variables.
Posted by jimbeam
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:04 pm to
Trick question. Swimming because it's in water duh! Plus you burn more calories but only for half the time
Posted by CapitalCityDevil
Seattle
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:05 pm to
Well there is a major flaw in your equation which is not counting for time.

If the person running gets inside while the person standing is just continuously getting soaked, then it would be the guy standing by a mile.
Posted by Cadello
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:05 pm to
Depends how fast you run...
Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:05 pm to
Derp, mj2 reference already in OP.
This post was edited on 2/16/15 at 10:06 pm
Posted by Seven Costanza
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:06 pm to
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:08 pm to
Mythbusters did a show on it and you get the same whether you are walking or running to a distance. If you are standing still (without any type of cover over your head) and running for the same period of time, you would also have the same amount of water on you. They used purple die in water and weighed the painters covers they were wearing and determines it was the same
Posted by CapitalCityDevil
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:10 pm to
quote:

This 2 minute video will answer all your questions
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Croacka
Rekt
Posted by Swoopin
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:10 pm to
I feel like it is only correlated to time. Thus for a given distance, running is drier. But if you walk for 30 seconds or run for 30 seconds, it would be the same wetness (ignoring bottoms up splash from running bein higher). All because rain coming from above doesn't care how fast you're moving as long as it's coming down uniformly throughout your path. The additional water you catch on your frontside based on intersecting those drops is offset by the water you're getting out of the way of behind you. Your exposed surface area in relation to the rain cloud is the same assuming your posture doesn't change.

eta I read it as walk vs run but my answer remains the same conceptually
This post was edited on 2/16/15 at 10:12 pm
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:11 pm to
I like how the video presumes that when you run, the next drop will already be there.....they don't consider the fact the next raindrop could be gone by then......
Posted by jimbeam
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:12 pm to
Yep
Posted by TH03
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:12 pm to
Didn't mythbusters do this?
Posted by TheIndulger
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:20 pm to
I think myth busters did this but I could be wrong. Can anyone confirm?
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:20 pm to
They did
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